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Summary: Excellent exercises for riders new and old
Review: An excellent outline of basic exercises that can help horses and rider hone the skills needed to safely and correctly navigate courses. Well designed gymnastics with excellent descriptions and explanations as to the point of the exercise are fantastic.
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Summary: Complete and comprehensive
Review: Finally, a complete, comprehensive book of gymnastic exercises from the ground up - in an easy to use format! Great for someone aspiring to jump, as well as someone looking to improve their flatwork. If you can jump through all these gymnastics by the woman who designed the Jumping courses for the Atlanta Olympic Games, you are definitely headed in the right direction! Plus, the guest list includes three (multiple!) Gold medalists and other leading riders and trainers. A must have for the Equestrian library!
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Summary: 101 Jumping Exercises for Horse & Rider
Review: Finally, a SUPER book written for those who desire to help train their own horses. Written by an expert course designer in the show jumping field, clinician, and also a one time competitor herself, Linda Allen has definitely proved she knows her "stuff" with her new book. I would definitely recommend this book for those of us who strive for competitive perfection. Keep up the good work - Linda - I can hardly wait for the next book!!!
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Summary: Simplifies the process of attaining higher abilities.
Review: I bought this book hoping to introduce simple and concise exercises to my youngster. What I was delighted to find, was a step by step manual describing basic flatwork right up to and including more difficult grid and course work. Excellent book which I highly recommend.
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Summary: Simplifies the process of attaining higher abilities.
Review: I bought this book hoping to introduce simple and concise exercises to my youngster. What I was delighted to find, was a step by step manual describing basic flatwork right up to and including more difficult grid and course work. Excellent book which I highly recommend.
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Summary: Because I lost my legs in the war, I needed extra help.
Review: I had a hard time riding horse after the torpedo accident, but after reading this book, I was mounting and jumping my horse all day. This book is filled with techniques for getting on the horse, and getting her to do all sorts of tricks.Some of the tricks covered in this book include: Rolling over
Sitting up
Jumping fences
Drinking stale water If you can lead a horse to stale water and make her drink, you have mastered this book.
My horse was drinking stale water within weeks of me reading this book.
Thanks Amazon.com.
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Summary: Excellent - another must have.
Review: I haven't even finished reading this book yet, but I just have to say how fabulous it is. I have just started my youngster over fences and have found this guide invaluable already, with 25 exercises involving just ground poles, it is already well used. The exercises build up in difficulty so you are always making progress and at the same time having fun and educational schooling sessions with your horse. I think there is something for everyone, beginner to advanced.
As a budget conscious rider training predominantly on my own, I have found these types of guides priceless (see my other reviews) and they have really helped me to formulate a schooling plan each week and our progress has been very rewarding. I noticed that other riders at the barn were using the poles I left out in the arena and so I started posting the excercises on the bulleting board each week - inspiring everyone and creating great feedback and support. I know this is a book I will get a lot of use out of!
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Summary: This is one to refer to often...
Review: Linda Allen puts many of her ideas into print and compiles some great exercises from other great horse folks. This is a book everyone can use! All the information is straight forward so anyone can understand them and use them without getting into trouble. I recommend it highly for anyone wanting to get the most out of their horses. Thanks Linda for putting this one together.
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Summary: Excellent exercises for riders new and old
Review: The layout, illustrations and occasional words of wisdom found in this book can only help develop positive results for both horse and rider. What I especially liked is the variety of exercises and the gradual progression from basic fundamentals to the challenge levels. More importantly though, after three months of practicing some of the more basic and intermediary flatwork exercises with my four year old horse, the results are obvious even to the greenest of eyes. With no boredom setting in! Truly a well thought out book of exercises that ought be part of any training programme for horse and rider development.
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Summary: Best exercise book for horse and rider
Review: This is a step by step guide on working your horse through gymnastics. Both for the beginner, and the more advanced horse and rider. It reminds you of exersizes to help teach you and your horse. Worth the time to read.
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